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| Every 5th person is BPL in J&K, reveals economic survey | | Baramullah, Reasi poorest districts | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Mar 9: Believe it or not but out of every five persons, one falls Below Poverty Line (BPL) in Jammu and Kashmir. In other words, one fifth of the population of Jammu and Kashmir falls below poverty line. According to Economic Survey for the year 2012-13, the total BPL estimated population ratio of J&K has arrived at 21.63 percent (i.e. 24.21 lakhs persons) of which 26.14 percent (22 lakhs persons) are from rural areas and 7.96 percent (2.21 lakhs persons) are living in Urban areas.
Highest estimated BPL population in the state has been recorded in district Baramulla, with the indicator standing at 2.37 lakhs persons. District Kupwara stands at rank 2nd with estimated BPL Population 2.34 lakhs persons while as District Budgam is at rank 3rd with estimated BPL Population 1.78 lakhs persons. Lowest estimated BPL Population has been recorded in district Leh with the indicator standing at 0.29 lakhs persons followed by district Shopian with 0.38 lakhs BPL Population.
At rural level, highest BPL population percentage has been observed in District Reasi (40.15 percent) followed by District Kishtwar with (40.10 percent) while as Srinagar District (8.16 percent) recorded lowest BPL population percentage followed by District Kathua (12.66 percent). At Urban level, highest BPL population percentage has been observed in District Kulgam (15.83 percent) followed by District Pulwama with 14 percent).
Shopian District (5.33 percent) recorded lowest BPL population percentage followed by District Leh (5.37 percent). In rural Kashmir region, District Kupwara (2.30 lakhs persons) recorded highest number of estimated BPL population followed by district Baramulla (2.23 lakhs persons), Budgam (1.70 lakhs persons), Pulwama (1.19 lakhs persons) and Bandipora (1.14 lakhs persons). In Rural Jammu Division, District Poonch (1.35 lakhs persons) had highest number of estimated BPL population followed by district Rajouri (1.30 lakhs persons), Jammu (1.20 lakhs persons), Udhampur (1.18 lakhs persons) and Doda (1.01 lakhs persons). In Urban Kashmir Region, District Srinagar (0.67 lakhs persons) recorded highest number of estimated BPL population followed by district Anantnag (0.15 lakhs persons), Baramulla (0.14 lakhs persons), Pulwama (0.09 lakhs persons) and Budgam (0.08 lakhs persons).
In Urban Jammu Division, District Jammu (0.58 lakhs persons) had highest number of estimated BPL population followed by district Udhampur (0.07 lakhs persons), Kathua (0.05 lakhs persons), Samba (0.05 lakhs persons) and Rajouri (0.04 lakhs persons). On the other side, the total number of estimated BPL Households has arrived at 24.02 percent (4.17 Lakh Households) with a dispersion of 28.84 percent (3.71 Lakh Households) in rural areas and 10.15 percent (0.45 Lakh Households) in urban areas. In Kashmir Region, the total number of estimated BPL households has been calculated to 25.67 percent (2.13 Lakh Households) with a dispersion of 31.12 percent (1.89 Lakh Households) in rural areas and 10.88 percent (0.24 Lakh Households) in Urban Areas. In Ladakh Region (Leh and Kargil Districts), Estimated BPL Households percentage was calculated as 23.95 (0.11 lakhs Households) with a dispersion of 28.07 percent (0.10 lakhs Households) in Rural areas and 8.36 percent (0.01 lakhs Households) in Urban areas.
Social-group distribution of BPL Population indicates dispersion of 42.05 percent in case of Scheduled Tribes, 38.07 percent in case of Other Backward Classes (including Paharis), 22.77 percent in case of Scheduled Caste while as others categories show only 16.85 percent of population under Below Poverty Line (BPL) when compared with the respective population of a particular category. This shows that highest incidence of poverty is among Scheduled Tribe population followed by OBC Category inclusive of Pahari speaking population. Religion-wise distribution of BPL Population exhibited the dispersion of faith with 24.51 percent for Islam, 18.14 percent for Hinduism, 24.50 percent for Buddhism, 7.51 percent for Sikhism and only 3.12 percent for Christianity when compared with the corresponding religion-wise population. This shows that highest incidence of poverty is among the Muslims and lowest is among the Christians. |
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